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City Council meeting of January 2, 2007 Page 3 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the claims roster for January 2, 2007 as presented. APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING MAYOR Each year, the Council appoints a member of the Council for the position of acting Mayor. Adoption of the Consent Agenda appointed Council member Becky Petryk as acting Mayor for the year 2007 APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF CITY ENGINEER WSB Engineers has been the City Engineer for the past three years. Jay Kennedy has handled the day- to-day duties, and Pete Willenbring continues as the water resource engineer. WSB has provided an excellent level of service to the City over the past year and staff is very pleased with their work. Adoption of the Consent Agenda appointed Jay Kennedy as the City Engineer for 2007. APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF CITY PLANNER Kendra Lindahl from Landform has worked over the past five years as the City planner, as directed by CD Director Bryan Bear. Her primary focus has been on large plats submitted by developers. She reviews, advises, and recommends changes on plats, as well as attending PC and Council meetings as needed. She has proven to be a dedicated, hard worker, and valued member of the City Hall team. Adoption of the Consent Agenda appointed Kendra Lindahl as the City Planner/planning consultant for the year 2007. APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF CITY ATTORNEY City Attorney Dave Snyder and the law firm of Eckberg Lammers Wolff and Vierling have served the City of Hugo very well over the past year. Dave has provided an excellent level of professional legal advice on a wide variety of City issues. Adoption of the Consent Agenda appointed David K. Snyder as the City Attorney for the year 2007. APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF FINANCIAL ADVISOR Financial advisors Paul Steinman and Nick Dragisich and the other members of the Springsted team have served the City very well over the past year on a wide variety of projects and issues. Adoption of the Consent Agenda appointed Paul Steinman and Nick Dragisich, from Springsted, Inc., as the City's financial advisors for the year 2007. APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Each year, Council appoints a member of the City staff to serve in the role of Civil Defense Director. For the past several years, the Fire Chief has served in this position. Adoption of the Consent Agenda appointed Fire Chief Jim Compton as the City's Civil Defense Director for 2007.